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I wrote a piece in October 1996 after attending a conference of the tech industry that as it turns out was in its final stages. This was one of the last times it met. I was coming from the web, and wanted to see if anyone else was ready to change how we work with each other....

I've found new freedom on my WordPress blog that's also on Masto.

From Mastodon’s blog post introducing quote posts:

Quoting is a powerful tool, and like any tool, it can be misused. That’s why we’ve taken time to introduce quotes in a way that aligns with Mastodon values, focusing on safety and mental health – not just on engagement.

Micro.blog will have limited support for this after it’s rolled out on mastodon.social next week.

Working in Go this morning! Micro.blog obviously uses Hugo, written in Go, but we also have a little custom Go tool that runs behind the scenes for newsletters, with more to come. Nice to have a common template language.

Nick Heer blogging about the win Automattic got this week in having some of the charges in the lawsuit from WP Engine dismissed:

Even if this case ends with a complete victory for Mullenweg and Automattic, his actions have shaken my support of — and faith in — the WordPress ecosystem.

While I do think there has been damage to the WordPress community, if Automattic wins most of the case, maybe settles the rest, I don’t know if there will be significant lasting damage. The views from WordCamp US this month didn’t look like a community in decline.

When did I stop walking as much? I realised this week after having found the motivation to go out for a few walks. I knew that I didn’t want to spend the whole day inside. I want to see the world. With each passing day, I felt more confidence in going out. My usual walk seeme...

How did a healthy well-fed and educated 22 year old man from a good family throw his life away and for what? To kill a 31 year old family man who dedicated his life to making massive numbers of people miserable? What’s more tragic? And how many other Americans are on this track?

The autumn rains are here. I have been looking forward to a bit of rain. There is something delightfully cosy about sitting inside reading or writing or watching television while the rain falls outside. And, rain means the opportunity for rainbows. This week, I have seen at l...

Just got word that the court dismissed several of WP Engine and Silver Lake’s most serious claims — antitrust, monopolization, and extortion have been knocked out! These were by far the most significant and far-reaching allegations in the case and with today’s decision the case is narrowed significantly. This is a win not just for … Continue reading Legal Win →

September 5-12, 2025 Recent Events From events.indieweb.org/archive: Homebrew Website Club - Eastern Wednesday, September 10 at 6:00pm Online! Zoom! Homebrew Website Club Europe/London Wednesday, September 10 at 7:00pm Homebrew Website Club - Nuremberg/Germany W...

I think some of the worst-case scenario AI worries are overblown, but I do like this book title: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies.

In my apartment we are lucky enough to have a big countertop, open on three sides, creating a nice flat project surface for even sprawling projects. However, we also have a lot of projects that compete for this space! Producer Amy is often working on increasingly complex sew...

Good feedback from folks on whether and how to adopt macOS Tahoe menu item icons. After experimenting, menus seem to look better with icons in most places so that major sections of menu items are aligned together. I’ll ship this in a few days.

Sometimes I post not because I have something to get out of my system, but because I have something I want to share. This is one of those occasions. First, Cody has a new pop-up newsletter going called “Trespassing Through Montana”. I’m a big fan of what he does, and I also ...

One of the pages I use most on my website is the page that lists the titles of all of my blog posts. I made this page for two reasons: (i) for quick reference to all of my recent posts beyond those on my home page, and (ii) so that I can search the page by post title. I often...

A microwave isn’t going to take your job; a chef who knows how to use a microwave is going to take your job.

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I did a podcast interview yesterday with Nathan Wrigley at WP Tavern. I had a great time, and learned a lot. It's interesting that while I am not a member of the WordPress community, there is a big intersection between that community and one I do belong to -- the web. WordPr...

I’m noticing some new faces and some returning customers. Means a lot to me. From Pedro:

I went elsewhere for a while. I tried other services, they are fine. But they don’t come close to what Micro.blog offer.

For rail fans in the London area, Museum Open Depot days:

Discover rare road and rail vehicles spanning over 100 years, signs, ceramic tiles, original posters, ephemera, ticket machines, and more.

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Matt Mullenweg blogging on the recently-announced RSL spec for describing how content is licensed for AI:

I have a lot of scars from the web standards wars, so I’m hesitant to dive back in, but this is from a lot of the early Web 2.0 people, as TechCrunch writes about.